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The recent reawakening of the debate about migration in the new millennium has evoked intense emotion, particularly in the United States and Europe, and Global Crossings cuts through the jungle of myth, falsehood, and misrepresentation that dominates the debate, clarifying the causes and consequences of human migration. The book first looks at the immigrant experience, which connects the present to the past, and America to the rest of the world, and explores who immigrants are and why they move. It contends that the conduct of today is no different than that in the past, and contrary to the claims by immigration critics, the patterns of contemporary migration do not differ fundamentally from those of other epochs. The book then discusses immigration and culture and tackles assimilation, globalization, and cultural differences.



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Alvaro Vargas Llosa

Alvaro Vargas LLosa is a non-fiction writer and journalist. He was born in Peru in 1966 and lives in Washington DC. He writes in Spanish and English, and his books have been published in several languages. He also authored a documentary series on Latin American contemporary history for National Geographic that has been shown in some 100 countries. He has won numerous awards and was nominated Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He is a Senior Fellow of the Independent Institute and a champion of classical liberal ideas.



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